Mark Kerr's career is one of the most compelling, cautionary tales in combat sports history. He was the prototype of the modern heavy-hitter, blending elite collegiate wrestling with devastating power ...

Benny Safdie's Mark Kerr story gets strong lead performances but, in my view, not enough of a spark to justify the trip to ...

A new Hollywood biopic, in theaters now, covers the life and career of former UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Titled The Smashing Machine, it features Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Kerr, almost unrecognizable ...

Movie star Dwayne Johnson has a laundry list of injuries he's sustained over the course of his career as a professional wrestler and a college football player. There was a ruptured Achilles tendon, a ...

True to its name, The Smashing Machine is an exercise in brutality, full of crashes, fights and collisions leaving shards, both orthopedic and emotional. The 2002 documentary tour de force chronicles ...

Legendary UFC fighter Mark Kerr's toughest battles happened both inside and outside the ring. "The documentary was something that I really loved, but there were certain parts of it that, just by ...

Most recently, Kerr was the subject of the film The Smashing Machine by A24, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as the celebrated athlete Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as Kerr's girlfriend, Dawn Staples.

Insiders have raved about Dwayne Johnson’s role in the new film ‘The Smashing Machine.’ In his new film, directed by Benny Safdie, Johnson undergoes change to portray UFC fighter Mark Kerr. The ...

Mark Kerr earned a reputation as a destructive force very early on in his career. In an upcoming A24 movie, written and directed by Benny Safdie, some significant chapters of the former UFC fighter’s ...

BOTTOM LINE A too-serious star and a scattered screenplay make for a low-energy sports drama. In the opening minutes of "The Smashing Machine," UFC fighter Mark Kerr describes what it’s like to beat ...

Dwayne Johnson is playing MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr in the biopic "The Smashing Machine." Johnson looks unrecognizable in the movie, appearing to wear a wig and prosthetics. "The Smashing Machine, ...

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